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Simplifying Serverless Development with AWS Lambda: A Step-by-Step Guide
IT Tips & Insights from our team members When a new project starts, the developer thinks about the technology, the database and everything he can use to develop. But, when we need to define infrastructure our problems start, whether thinking about the architecture or the cost. With the cloud, the cost of buying and sizing […]
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Data gathering, ETL or ELT?
IT Tips & Insights from our team members The famous phrase “Data is the new oil” from Clive Humby explain about the importance of data but figured out about the challenges involved in get data. On crazy sea with of high and strong waves there are some brave guys, going through a lot of deep […]
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The Role of Data Science and AI in Revolutionizing Patient Care
In the swiftly evolving landscape of healthcare, the synergy between data science and artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful force, driving unprecedented innovations. Data-driven approaches are transforming patient care, empowering medical professionals with personalized treatment plans, predictive analytics, earliest-stage disease prediction using machine learning, and valuable insights for better clinical decision-making. In addition, […]
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Effective AI Training Programs: Key Components and Best Practices
In a world where Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning are increasingly dominant, there has been a significant surge in the demand for skilled professionals in these fields. However, it is evident that there is a noticeable gap in skills within the AI industry, highlighting the importance of effective training programs. Understanding what makes an […]
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Latin America: A Rising Force in IT and Artificial Intelligence Talent
Latin America is rapidly establishing itself as a leading region for IT and artificial intelligence (AI) talent, drawing significant attention at international forums like the Davos Meeting. With a population of half a billion across key countries like Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, and Argentina, the region’s investment in education is notable. An increasing number of […]
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AI Ethics Committees: The Need of the Hour for Responsible Tech
Enter the AI Ethics Committees – organizational pillars ensuring that AI deployment remains responsible and in line with human values. Understanding Global Perspectives: AI doesn’t function in a cultural vacuum. Different regions bring unique ethical considerations to the table: – In *Tokyo*, AI development is informed by a blend of modern innovation and traditional values, […]
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Transparency in AI: The Cornerstone of Responsible Adoption
AI often has an aura of mystery, making us realize that in order to fully benefit from it and integrate it into our lives, we need to demystify it. This can be achieved through a powerful concept; transparency. Understanding the “Black Box”; The Essence of Transparency Transparency plays a crucial role in AI by building […]
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The Rise of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and Its Implications
In recent years, the world of finance has witnessed a groundbreaking transformation with the emergence of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) platforms. Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is a newly emerged financial infrastructure that utilizes blockchain technology to provide transparent financial services open to everyone in any corner of the world. DeFi represents a paradigm shift from traditional centralized […]
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What AI Skill Sets Should Your Organization Train And Hire For In 2024?
Softensity’s EVP Consulting Services and Head of LATAM Monika Mueller is a Forbes Technology Council member, and this article originally appeared on Forbes.com. Artificial intelligence (AI) is already having an impact on corporate roles across the board. Is your company preparing your workforce accordingly? If you’re committed to operationalizing AI in your organization, it’s time […]
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The Dawn of a New Helpdesk Era: Why Outsourcing is the Future
Let’s be real. Its 2023. The idea of keeping all operations within a company’s own four walls is no longer practical or relevant. As businesses across the globe embrace technological advancements, many are turning to outsourcing as a more flexible and scalable solution for their helpdesk requirements. But what are the reasons behind this shift? […]
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Navigating the Ethical Landscape of AI: An In-depth Perspective
The integration of artificial intelligence into the fibers of our society is both inspiring and concerning. As we delve deeper into this technological realm, the ethical challenges magnify. To responsibly harness AI’s potential, we must meticulously address these challenges. The Ethical Challenges Bias and Discrimination: Origins: Biases in AI predominantly emerge from biased training data, […]
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The Role of Education in Shaping Future Ethical AI Professionals
In the dawn of the 21st century, we stand at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and its undeniable influence on various sectors, from healthcare and finance to transportation and entertainment. The growing prominence of AI raises questions about the caliber of professionals powering this revolutionary technology. How do we ensure the people behind the […]
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The Growing Influence of AI, in Business: The Vital Roles of AI Product Managers and Prompt Engineers
From Tool to Strategic Asset In today’s business environment the integration of intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant dream but a pressing reality. Companies across sectors are realizing the power of AI in boosting productivity optimizing processes and gaining a competitive edge. The journey towards integrating AI begins with recognizing that it serves not […]
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7 Steps To Operationalize AI In Your Organization
By Monika Mueller Softensity’s EVP Consulting Services and Head of LATAM Monika Mueller is a Forbes Technology Council member, and this article originally appeared on Forbes.com. A lot of people are anxious about AI. How long until it replaces my job? Can a robot do my work better than me? Will adopting AI at my organization […]
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How AI empowers workforces through Personalized Career Paths
By Matias Baldi, Regional Director of Latin America In today’s dynamic landscape, enduring issues such as global disruptions, skill shortages, and economic challenges remain prevalent. To create a future characterized by resilience and adaptability, organizations are acknowledging that both individuals and their skills play a pivotal role in achieving organizational success. Therefore, it becomes crucial […]
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Why Developers are Still Using Anemic Domain
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Software Engineer weighs in on anemic domain, its shortcomings, and why it’s used so often. By Wesley Baldan, Software Engineer The terminology: invoke “objects” and “oriented” was described for the first time in the 50s and early 60s at MIT. Allan Kay coined the term “object oriented programming” at […]
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Meet the Team: Kristin Erno, Accounts Receivable Manager
Meet Kristin Erno, Softensity’s accounts receivable manager and resident football fanatic. On any given weekend, you can find Kristin glued to the screen, cheering on her favorite football teams (you’ll probably hear her yelling Go Dawgs on Saturdays). When she’s not watching football, Kristin loves to travel and stay hip to the latest trends — […]
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Collections and Data Structures
IT Tips & Insights: Learn all about data structures, and when to use different classes of collections. By Fernando Neto, Software Engineer When working with data, we can use several different structures so that the data can be treated more efficiently and manipulated as a collection. One of the most basic types of structures we […]
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Everything You Need to Know About Angular Unit Tests
IT Tips & Insights: Learn why unit tests are so important, and how to build them in this step–by-step guide from a Softensity Software Engineer. By Bruno Belo, Software Engineer Who needs unit tests? “Oh, this is easy”, “It’s a tiny little change, it will be fast”, “Good, I already know what to do” … […]
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Clean Code … Is It Necessary?
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Software Engineer unpacks key insights from “Clean Code” by Robert C. Martin. By Adam Cudak, Software Engineer At the beginning of this article, I would like to answer the question in the title — yes, it is! Every programmer knows how many problems carelessly written code can cause, which […]
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Meet the Team, Monika Mueller, EVP of Consulting Services & Head of LATAM
It’s not surprising that Monika is a leader in an international tech company with a focus on her teams. Growing up with a programmer mom and now raising her own multinational family, she’s got a bit of experience. Her family comes from the US, India, and Germany, so Monika makes it a priority for her […]
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Implementation of Feature Flags Using Strategy Pattern in ASP.NET Core
IT Tips & Insights: Learn how to modify system behavior without changing the source code with feature flags. By Michal Kubis, Software Engineer Feature flags (feature toggles) are becoming a more prevalent standard for modifying system behavior without changing code. In this blog entry, we’re going to look at how they can be coded without […]
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Latin American Women in IT
IT Tips & Insights: A QA Engineer based in Honduras discusses her journey as a Latin American woman navigating the field of IT. By Andrea Medina, QA Manual Engineer As a Latin American woman in the tech industry, the challenge is to open up the industry to you. I come from one of the most […]
View Now The Ethics of AI: Navigating Bias, Manipulation and Beyond
By Monika Mueller Softensity’s EVP Consulting Services and Head of LATAM Monika Mueller is a Forbes Technology Council member, and this article originally appeared on Forbes.com. Artificial intelligence (AI) is nothing new. It’s been around since the 1950s, but 2023 certainly feels like a tipping point. No longer is AI the sole provenance of academics […]
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Differences Between JavaScript and TypeScript
IT Tips & Insights: Take a deep dive into the differences between these two languages, and when to use each, with a Softensity Site Reliability Engineer. By Mario Leiton, Site Reliability Engineer Let’s start by looking at what these two languages are, and how each one is applied. Getting to Know JavaScript JavaScript is a […]
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Simple RESTful API Using NodeJS and Express
IT Tips & Insights: Learn to create a REST API using Express and NodeJS combined. By Andre Picoli, Software Engineer What is RESTful API? RESTful API is an interface that two computer systems use to exchange information securely over the internet. Most business applications have to communicate with other internal and third-party applications to perform […]
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Authentication & Authorization in a Microservices Architecture (Part 3)
IT Tips & Insights: In part three of this three-part series, a Softensity Engineer delves into authorization in microservices. By Gustavo Regal, Software Engineer Enforce role-based authorization at the pod level using a sidecar approach plus a policy distribution approach; list-based authorization is performed by the services themselves, as it involves checking for relationships between […]
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Runtime Configuration Reloading in Azure
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Software Engineer walks through some functions in Azure App Configuration. By Paweł Ruciński, Software Engineer Azure App Configuration Any application needs a way to store its configuration properties. And to access its own database. And the secret information for user authentication. And so on, and so on. There are […]
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What is Kubernetes?
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity DevOps Engineer provides an overview of Kubernetes and its capabilities. By Vinicius Deschamps, DevOps Engineer Over the last few years, we have seen an increasing adoption of containers, and many applications being containerized. But how can you manage this kind of growing, fast-paced environment? The answer is Kubernetes. What […]
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Leaders, Are You Hindering The Growth Of Your Company?
By Monika Mueller Softensity’s EVP Consulting Services and Head of LATAM Monika Mueller is a Forbes Technology Council member, and this article originally appeared on Forbes.com. Sometimes self-realization is the hardest part of running a business. Sure, building a company from the ground up is difficult. And growing a business from one or two people […]
View Now Authentication & Authorization in a Microservices Architecture (Part 2)
IT Tips & Insights: In part two of this three-part series, a Softensity Engineer details how to design authentication in microservices. By Gustavo Regal, Software Engineer Your BFF should guarantee requests coming to your microservices are authenticated; But do enforce authentication at the pod level using a sidecar approach, which provides benefits on security, performance […]
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Meet the Team: Berenice Marcoppido, IT Recruiter
Meet Berenice. An avid gardener and Pilates master, she’s also on Softensity’s IT recruiting team based out of Latin America. She’s following in the footsteps of her father, who also worked in HR, and using her interest in human relationships to help Softensity build top-tier IT teams to work for clients globally. What does a […]
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How Evidence-Based Management Helps Deliver Value
IT Tips & Insights: Learn how evidence-based management can improve decision making to produce better outcomes. By Gerson Correia da Silva Junior, Scrum Master Global software development has grown complex as business needs expand and deadlines become tighter. The main challenge faced by companies these days is determining how to maintain a fast delivery pace […]
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Azure Data Factory (ADF) in Action
IT Tip & Insights: A Softensity software engineer walks you through the features and capabilities of Azure Data Factory. By Rabby Hasan, Software Engineer What is Azure Data Factory? Azure Data Factory (ADF) is a data processing service of azure. It supports ETL (extract transform load), ELT (extract load transform), and SSIS package data integration. […]
View Now Authentication & Authorization in a Microservices Architecture (Part 1)
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Engineer kicks off a three-part series comparing the way solutions can be designed in a monolithic architecture versus a microservices architecture. By Gustavo Regal, Software Engineer Just Enough Microservices Microservices have proven themselves worthy for more than a decade now. This architectural system suits large systems that need to […]
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Implementing the Mediator Pattern in .NET with MediatR Package
IT Tips & Insights: A step-by-step guide to implement the Mediator Design Pattern in order to create a function that’s easy to maintain, test and expand. By Lucas Negrini, Software Engineer The mediator design pattern tells us how to handle communication between objects without creating high coupling dependencies. Today, we’re going to take a look […]
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Is Technology Autonomous?
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity product owner considers the reality of autonomous technology, and what it means for the future. By Ludner Noel Bernaud, Product Owner Technology already has its own dynamics of development, alien to any human control. This thesis is known as “technological determinism.” A good way to express this idea is […]
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Benefits and Features of Azure SQL
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity SRE breaks down Microsoft Azure SQL managed cloud databases, from the evolution of features and capabilities to current benefits. By Damilare Lawale, Site Reliability Engineer Microsoft has been focusing more on cloud computing and storage in a bid to take a substantial market share in this competitive and lucrative […]
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How To Create Custom Roles in Azure
IT Tips & Insights: Learn the basics steps to create a custom role in Azure. By Bidkar Solis, Site reliability Engineer If the Azure built-in roles don’t meet the specific needs of your organization, you can create your own custom roles. Just like built-in roles, you can assign custom roles to users, groups, and service […]
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Cost Management for Azure
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Site Reliability Engineer walks through the capabilities of Cost Management for Azure. By Gerardo Navarro, Site Reliability Engineer Azure Cost Management is an Azure product that includes a set of tools for monitoring, allocating, and optimizing Azure costs. The tool can produce budget strategies, provide recommendations and export data. […]
View Now Underinvesting In Technology? How To Avoid An Unexpected Meltdown
By Monika Mueller Softensity’s EVP Consulting Services and Head of LATAM Monika Mueller is a Forbes Technology Council member, and this article originally appeared on Forbes.com. There have been a number of headlines about technical failures lately, from Southwest Airlines to the FAA itself. Sensational headlines about losses that reach into the hundreds of millions […]
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Introduction to Unit Testing and Test Driven Development (TDD)
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity software engineer covers the benefits of unit testing and test driven development. By Charles Lanada, Software Engineer “The only way to go fast, is to go well.” ― Robert C. Martin, Clean Architecture Why do we test our code? As professional software developers, we are always involved with some […]
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How Will Recent Tech Layoffs Affect The IT Labor Market?
By Monika Mueller Softensity’s EVP Consulting Services and Head of LATAM Monika Mueller is a Forbes Technology Council member, and this article originally appeared on Forbes.com. For the past several years, organizations across industries have been feeling the tech labor crunch. Demand for skilled labor was on a steady upward trajectory when the pandemic-driven tech […]
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Tumultuous Times in Tech? 2023 Job Outlook for Tech Workers
The past two years have been a roller coaster for the tech industry, with the pandemic driving a boom in demand for technology products and services. But has that boom turned into a bust? In 2022, the industry saw a wave of layoffs that affected more than 150,000 tech jobs across public and private tech […]
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Meet the Team: Nathan Roberts, VP of Operations
From a developer to VP of Operations, Nathan Roberts has seen Softensity through a lot of change and growth over the past 20 years. After graduating from Berry College, Nathan started his career working in Microsoft-based technologies, but he eventually found himself looking for a different kind of role at Softensity. In spite of the […]
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Outsourcing Insights from Scott Liniado of Cox Automotive
Softensity Leadership Series: A conversation with Scott Liniado, VP, Product & Engineering, Manheim Client Solution Delivery at Cox Automotive. By Softensity For our latest Leadership Series interview, Softensity’s Monika Mueller sat down with Scott Liniado, Vice President of Product and Engineering at Cox Automotive, to discuss the organization’s outsourcing journey. Scott is responsible for Mannheim’s […]
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Tuckman Model: Understand the Stage of Your Team to Improve Results
IT Tips & Insights: Learn about the five stages of a team’s development, and how Tuckman’s insights can help a team work together more effectively. By Luan Damasio, Scrum Master The Tuckman Model shows that for teams to develop their maximum potential, it is necessary to think about the importance of the team formation process. […]
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Meet the Team: Victoria Luna, Employee Relations Specialist
Meet Victoria Luna, Softensity’s Employee Relations Specialist and resident Potterhead. When she’s not planning the next Softensity employee event, she loves trying out new recipes, singing, and astrology (she might even remember your star sign better than your name). Tapping into her background in psychology, she’s dedicated to creating a positive work environment at Softensity […]
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Why Should a DevOps Learn Python?
By Vinicius Deschamps, DevOps Engineer The first thing you should be aware of is that Python is a 32-year-old language, and became a trend over many years. So why should a DevOps learn Python if it’s an old language? In a nutshell, Python is an interpreted language, which means you don’t need to compile the […]
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STATIK: Guide to Introducing the Kanban Method
IT Tips & Insights: Learn how to implement the Kanban method to increase productivity, improve efficiency, and deliver constant value. By Luan Damasio, Scrum Master Agile is not being fast, agile is not having a squad, agile is not using Scrum … So what does it mean to be agile? Being agile means delivering constant […]
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Azure DevOps’ Free Build Agent
IT Tips & Insights: Learn a simple workaround for a limitation in Azure DevOps’ free build agent using AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell script. By Oleg Shalnov, DevOps Engineer As you all know, in Azure DevOps you can use a free build agent with one limitation – no static IP address. It may generate, but […]
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Meet the Team: Tsimafei “Tim” Zaretski, Development Manager
An avid traveler and dog-lover, Tsimafei “Tim” Zaretski is also a multi-talented development manager from Belarus who is based out of Poland. When he’s not traveling the world with his wife or working on one of his many interests – including music, skiing, biking, and fishing – he’s using his problem-solving skills to lead a […]
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First Steps With Next.js
IT Tips & Insights: Learn the basics about the Next.js open-source web development framework, and how it relates to React. By Matias Zatz, Software Engineer What is Next.js? Next.js defines itself as The React Framework for Production, which leads us to our first characteristic. Next.js was created by Vercel as a framework for React … […]
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Software Engineers: Should You Work for a Local or Global Company?
By Softensity Since the pandemic, more companies are hiring for remote positions than ever — creating opportunities for skilled IT workers all over the world. By opening their rosters to global developers, engineers, and QAs, companies can hire the best of the best and offer their clients expanded hours. But smaller companies in your area […]
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Get to Know the Softensity Community
We might be located all over the world, but our Softensity employees have created a tight-knit community. Our employees bond over their work, of course, but also through sharing aspects of their unique cultures. Through our monthly “Meet the Team” series, we’ve had the opportunity to share several of our employees’ experiences working in IT, […]
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Creating a Web API with Entity Framework Core and Code First
IT Tips & Insights: One of Softensity’s Senior Software Engineers walks you through the steps to create an ASP.Net web API. By Ejder Kuvemli, Software Engineer In this article, we’re going to create an ASP.Net web API for a very simple photo-sharing web application with Entity Framework Core and Code First using a Microsoft SQL […]
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Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection
IT Tips & Insights: Learn what Exchange Online Protection is, and how to set it up through Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection. By Oleg Shalnov, DevOps Engineer Today we’re going to look at Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP). What is Exchange Online Protection (EOP)? Exchange Online Protection provides protection against malicious links by scanning […]
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What is Product Backlog Refinement in Scrum?
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Product Manager walks you through the basics of product backlog refinement. By Jorge Garay, Product Manager Although product backlog refinement in Agile Scrum is not a formal event, it is something that all teams do as part of their job in getting a product implemented. Let’s start with some […]
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Understanding DevOps vs. Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
Understanding DevOps vs. Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) By Monika Mueller DevOps and site reliability engineering (SRE) are becoming more mainstream as the adoption of both practices continues to build. And for good reason. Both disciplines are focused on bridging the gap between development and operations to make delivery faster, more efficient and more reliable. Automation […]
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Overview of Azure Active Directory
IT Tips & Insights: Get an overview of Azure Active Directory, and learn what the service can do for you. By Michael Lobo, Site Reliability Engineer Azure Active Directory is a cloud-based identity and access management service, also referred to as a comprehensive identity as a service (IDaaS) solution that spans all aspects of identity, […]
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[VIDEO] ClickUp Demo
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity QA Engineer walks you through ClickUp’s project management platform in this video demo. By Nicolas Del Corno, QA Automation Engineer In this demo, I’m going to walk you through a platform called ClickUp which helps with organizing small teams projects, or even companies until they reach a level in […]
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Azure Web App: Free Space Check, User Removal Scripts
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity DevOps Engineer shares useful scripts that can save you time and hassle in Azure Web App. By Oleg Shalnov, DevOps Engineer Have you ever received the following message in Microsoft’s Azure Web App? When you get this message, it can be difficult to understand what folder is causing the […]
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Meet the Team: Juan Piccirilli
To Juan Piccirilli, sharp career pivots just keep life interesting. An industrial engineer by training, a photographer by habit, and a resource manager by profession, Juan describes his journey so far as eclectic. In his free time, you’ll probably find him riding his bike to a cool cafe in Buenos Aires and snapping pictures of […]
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What is Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and Why Should You Care?
By Monika Mueller While it’s still a relatively new discipline, organizations are starting to recognize the strategic value of site reliability engineering (SRE). Though the term was coined by Google’s Ben Treynor Sloss back in 2003, the practice only truly emerged around 2016, when Google employed more than 1,000 site reliability engineers. Led by cloud […]
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Meet the Team: Matias Baldi, Regional Director of Latin America
What does leadership look like at an international software company? For Matias Baldi, Regional Director of Latin America, it means collaborating with his teams, sharing his ideas and opinions, and encouraging employees to reach their fullest potential. After over a decade of leadership in the IT industry, he joined Softensity to lead the Latin American […]
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Knowledge Graphs 101: Common Challenges With Adoption
By Monika Mueller The buzz about knowledge graphs is getting louder. Inna Tokarev Sela, CEO and founder of illumex, has declared that 2023 is the Era of Knowledge Graphs. And according to Gartner, graph technologies will be used in 80% of data and analytics innovations by 2025, up from 10% in 2021. Industries like big […]
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Crash Course on Cloud Providers
IT Tips & Insights: Learn the ins and outs of cloud providers from a Softensity DevOps Engineer. By Juan Larios, DevOps Engineer The infrastructure in the cloud is becoming increasingly important for companies due to the convenience of not requiring a physical space where data storage and resources, among other elements, are available. With its […]
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Why WordPress?
IT Tips & Insights: WordPress has been the fastest growing content management system for 12 consecutive years for a reason. Learn why. By Lucas Garcia, Software Engineer WordPress started in 2003 out of a desire to build an elegant, well-architected, personal publishing system. It was originally built as a web publishing system (commonly called a […]
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Why Are Programming Concepts So Important?
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Software Engineer discusses the importance of mastering basic programming concepts, upon which everything else is built. By Gabriel Cordeiro, Software Engineer It’s been a few years since I first heard about clean architecture. I remember how I felt when I saw it in a project using Net Core. Afterward, […]
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Introduction to React Native
IT Tips & Insights: Wondering how to get started building Android and iOS apps in React Native? A Softensity Engineer walks you through it. By Omar Pacheco, Software Engineer If you want to build mobile apps for both Android and iOS, what should you learn? The individual native languages for each app, i.e, Java for […]
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Creating Code Snippets
Creating Code Snippets to Improve Your Productivity IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Software Engineer shows you how to save time and tedium when coding by using code snippets. By Gabriel Lima, Software Engineer What is a “Code Snippet”? Have you ever thought “this piece of code couldn’t be replicated in an easy way …”? […]
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Azure Key Vault
How To Use Azure Key Vault IT Tips & Insights: Learn how to set up a Key Vault storage, create a .Net app and read the Key Vault secret from the application you created. By Alvaro Ribeiro, Software Engineer Azure Key vault is a cloud service that allows developers to store keys and secrets in […]
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How To Containerize Your ASP.NET Core Application
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity engineer walks you through how to use Docker to containerize an ASP.NET core application. By Helder Borges, Software Engineer What is Docker? Docker is an open-source project for automating the deployment of applications as portable, self-sufficient containers that can run on the cloud or on-premise. Docker is also a […]
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All About Defi – Decentralized Finance
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity software engineer details the pros and cons of decentralized finance. By Alvaro Ribeiro, Software Engineer What is Defi? Defi is a decentralized peer-to-peer network that offers access to financial services to anyone, with no central authorities, relying on blockchain and smart contracts. There’s no human operating these financial services, […]
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Meet the Team: Maria “Male” Colmenares
Maria, or Male as everyone calls her, is an animal lover, a food and wine connoisseur, and a passionate woman in tech. She’s also dedicated to learning more about other cultures through cuisine. Not only does she put effort into using the proper ingredients and techniques, she also researches the tradition around different dishes and […]
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How Diverse Industries are Using Knowledge Graphs
By Monika Mueller By now, you know what knowledge graphs are. They’re being used to optimize data by industry giants ranging from Microsoft, Amazon and Google to Airbnb, eBay and Comcast. But what about startups? And industries like manufacturing, biomedicine and beyond? These days, knowledge graphs have diverse uses — along with growing adoption across […]
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The Benefits of Flutter App Development
IT Tips & Insights: Learn about this open-source UI software development kit from an experienced software engineer. By Cristian Zappala, Software Engineer Nowadays, many apps need to run on multiple platforms, like iOS, Android, and the web. That’s why Google made Flutter, a UI toolkit that allows you to build beautiful native apps from a […]
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Data Transfer Objects Between Microservices
IT Tips & Insights: Should you share DTOs — and if so, which method is best? A Softensity software engineer shares his expertise. By Yoel Rivera, Software Engineer Those immersed in software development constantly seek to do things better, which often implies making difficult decisions, and sometimes making technical and business sacrifices. Some time ago, […]
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Meet the Team: James Strawn
James Strawn has been in the tech industry for over 30 years, and he’s seen it all. A seasoned scuba diver and sometimes local politician, he also happens to be a tech master. When James isn’t taking his grandchildren on trips to the Okefenokee Swamp or reading about operational science developments, he’s managing a Softensity […]
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Questions About Outsourcing? FAQs Answered
Here at Softensity, we partner with a lot of companies that have never outsourced before, many of whom we’ve now been working with for more than a decade. Organizations that are new to outsourcing often have a lot of questions. Below we’ve compiled some of the most common questions we get, along with candid answers. […]
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Differences Between .NET Core 3.1 and .NET Core 6
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Software Engineer details the changes introduced with .NET Core 6, and how to choose the best version for your project. By Mario Leiton, Software Engineer Whenever most of us see a new version of a tool we use in our daily work, we get curious about its new features […]
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Tips for IT Support Teams, Part II
IT Tips & Insights: In the second part of this series, a Helpdesk rep discusses the importance of mastering the tools at your disposal and maintaining a learning mindset. By Nestor Velasquez, IT Helpdesk Representative In the tech industry, good support is crucial as it’s the first point of contact between the company and the […]
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What Are Knowledge Graphs, and How Can You Use Them?
By Monika Mueller It’s been ten years since Google’s article, Introducing the Knowledge Graph: things, not strings, put knowledge graphs on the map. Since then, this technology has steadily inched its way toward the mainstream, as more organizations learn about the capabilities and uses, and slowly start to adopt the technology. The big players are […]
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Understanding Azure Workbooks
IT Tips & Insights: Learn how to harness the power of Azure Workbooks with step-by-step instructions from a Softensity Software Engineer. By Mario Leiton, Software Engineer Ever wondered what you can use to get data from multiple Azure sources, into one place, and with different types of interactions? Azure Workbooks is the answer. Workbooks is […]
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Intro to Domain-Driven Design
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Software Engineer takes an in-depth look at domain-driven design. By Douglas Moura, Software Engineer Building software is rarely easy. We’ve faced a hard time building it since the beginning. But it should not be like this, right? One very famous approach that is used to help us in the […]
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Meet the Team: Camila Niedzwiecki
Camila Niedzwiecki is curious. From exploring a wide range of careers to moving halfway across the world, she’s always down for a new adventure. A psychologist by training, Camila tested the waters of several different career paths before settling on HR, and joined Softensity as a technical recruiter last year. When she’s not searching for […]
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Creating CI for ADF with Azure DevOps
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Data Engineer discusses continuous integration (CI) for Azure Data Factory (ADF) with step-by-step instructions. By Fernando Messas, Softensity Data Engineer A few years after releasing Azure Data Factory (ADF), Microsoft has created CI/CD support. It’s a simple process, which we will discuss here. First, your data factory must be […]
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How To Maintain Continuity in the Face of Crisis
By Monika Mueller Crisis management is a skillset. In fact, a more appropriate label may be chaos management. When an unexpected event or disruption rattles the foundations of your organization, you need to know what to do. It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about a pandemic, geopolitical event or supply chain issue, leadership doesn’t have […]
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Improve Your Code With Object Calisthenics
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Software Engineer details how to write cleaner code through the rules of Object Calisthenics. By Caio Vidal, Software Engineer Object Calisthenics was defined by Jeff Bay in his book, “The Thoughtworks Anthology.” It defines 9 different rules that you can use to write your code and keep it clean. […]
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Simple CRUD Using Spring Boot, Hibernate, JPA and PostgreSQL
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Java Developer shares a tutorial on creating a CRUD API using Spring Boot and PostgreSQL databases. By Andre Picoli, Java Developer and Community Lead This is a simple tutorial on how to create a CRUD API using Spring Boot and PostgreSQL databases. The example simulates a user subscription application […]
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What Are the Advantages of Nearshore Software Development Outsourcing?
By Monika Mueller More companies are outsourcing software development these days, and the trend is only getting stronger. Why? Top developers and engineers are difficult to find, thanks to an enduring IT labor shortage. Outsourcing allows companies to quickly fill skills gaps and supplement their internal teams with specialized skill sets when needed — on […]
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Entity Framework Core Optimization
IT Tips & Insights: A Senior Software Engineer shares tips for improving your EntityFramework Core. By Nicolas Horenstein, Senior Software Engineer ORM is a tool that nowadays we can’t live without. For those who don’t know what ORM means, it’s a technique that lets you query and manipulate data from a database using an object-oriented […]
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Meet the Team: Maksim Rudz, Team Manager & Software Engineer
Maksim Rudz, aka Max, is an avid reader, board game enthusiast, father, and team manager for the Softensity team in Uzbekistan. While Maksim got his start in computer security and Java, his intro to .NET development ignited a passion that changed the course of his career. He now leads developer teams, mentors young IT professionals, […]
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Recruiting IT Talent: What are Millennials Looking for?
Born between 1980 and 1996, Millennials grew up alongside the explosion of tech, the internet, and social media, so naturally, many of them were drawn to careers in IT. As Millennials continue to dominate the tech labor force, companies may need to rethink their old recruiting tactics in order to win over these in-demand developers. […]
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Tips for IT Support Teams
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Helpdesk Rep shares tips for providing better service, faster. By Nestor Velasquez, IT Helpdesk Representative In the tech industry, good support is crucial as it’s the first point of contact between the company and the user. Good user support directly impacts the reputation of the company from the point […]
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What’s it Like to Work at Softensity?
By Softensity Developers often ask us what it’s like to work for Softensity. As much as we’d love to talk about how amazing our global community is, and how we truly invest in helping every team member reach their career goals, it means more coming straight from the source. We love chatting with our team […]
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How To Prepare Your Organization for Outsourcing
By Monika Mueller We probably don’t have to tell you about the many benefits of outsourcing, from cost savings and access to specialized skills to around-the-clock development and protection against attrition. So it should come as no surprise that outsourcing is on the rise around the globe, and the trend shows no signs of slowing. […]
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Meet the Team: Emre Kahraman, Softensity Team Lead and Software Architect
By Softensity Emre Kahraman always knew he would grow up to be a problem solver. An avid history buff, his true passion has always been technology. But Emre’s software development career has been full of twists and turns. After four years and two degrees in research and development engineering, he moved to a smaller city […]
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What Is (And Is Not) BDD?
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Senior QA Engineer discusses common misconceptions about behavior driven development in this two-part series. By Nicolas Martino, Senior QA Engineer In the IT business, BDD is becoming more relevant in the development process. But what is it? BDD is behavior driven development, a process in which the entire team […]
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What is Blockchain?
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Senior Software Developer covers the basics of blockchain, bitcoin and beyond. By Alvaro Ribeiro, Senior Software Developer Over the last few years, more and more people have talked about Bitcoin, Blockchain and cryptos in general. It all began in 2008, during the subprime economic crisis. The crisis was caused […]
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The Outlook for IT Labor in 2022
By Monika Mueller It doesn’t matter what industry you’re in, chances are, you’ve felt the labor crunch. We all have. And not just in IT, though that’s where many have felt it the most acutely. Around this time of year, we’re all probably wondering the same thing: Will 2022 bring any relief? Unfortunately, the short […]
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Enable CI/CD for .NET Apps on ADO
IT Tips & Insights: Learn about DevOps and CI/CD in this video tutorial from a Softensity Senior Software Developer. By Vincent Burgos, Softensity Software Developer / Engineer What is CI/CD? CI/CD stands for continuous inegration and continuous delivery. It’s a method used to rapidly deliver software to customers by utilizing automation in various stages of […]
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Tips for .NET Dev, Part III
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Senior Software Developer wraps up his three-part series on .Net development. By Gabriel Cordeiro, Senior Software Developer The following is the third part in a three-part series. Get tips on Object Initializers in C# in Part I, and learn about magic strings and regions in Part II here. Learn […]
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Meet the Team: Nicole Diez, Head of HR, Americas
How hard is it to hire software developers and engineers? Ask Nicole Diez, the head of HR for Softensity’s LATAM community. By Softensity After graduating from Florida State University, Nicole Diez put her hospitality major to use and accepted a position in Atlanta. But when she moved back home to Panama, she found the hospitality […]
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Can Machine Learning & AI Help Address the Tight Labor Market?
Softensity Leadership Series: A conversation with Varun Sridharan, Senior Technical Product Manager, Amazon Web Services Customer Behavior Analytics team. By Softensity Varun Sridharan is passionate about solving customers’ problems using machine learning and AI. He started his journey with machine learning back in 2014 and is on a mission to democratize the technology. Varun’s vision […]
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Introduction to Kusto Query Language
IT Tips & Insights: An experienced Software Engineer shares KQL shortcuts in this helpful primer. By Fabio Godinho, Softensity Software Engineer KQL, or Kusto Query Language, is a language for data analysis typical to Microsoft Azure monitoring and observability services (such as Application Insights, Log Analytics, and others). It makes use of the Kusto Engine […]
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Meet the Team: Vincent Burgos, Software Developer/Engineer
We sat down with Softensity’s Vincent Burgos, based in the Philippines, to talk about his experience as a software developer/engineer. By Softensity From the young age of 11, Vincent Burgos knew that he wanted to be in the IT industry. Like so many of his peers in IT, he was motivated by the goal of […]
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Recommended Roadmap for WordPress Development
IT Tips & Insights: One of Softensity’s WordPress experts shares tips and suggests a helpful development roadmap. By Wilson Fernández, Softensity PHP developer / WordPress expert To carry out the development of a website in WordPress, it’s necessary to understand the structure of a content management system (CMS). The CMS is made up of several […]
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The Growing Role of Technology in Healthcare
Softensity Leadership Series: A conversation with Dr. Kimberly Singh and Dr. John Sudick about the impact of tech in healthcare. By Softensity What is the role of technology in healthcare? How can it enable healthcare practices? And do some doctors really view technology as a threat? Softensity’s Monika Mueller sat down with Dr. Kimberly Singh, […]
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Deploy .NET Apps with VS on Azure, Free!
IT Tips & Insights: This instructional video shows you how to deploy your .NET apps with Visual Studio on Azure for free. By Vincent Burgos, Softensity Software Developer / Engineer Have you ever thought about showing your .NET app to your peers, but you don’t know how to do it without worrying about how much […]
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Softensity Taps Top IT Talent to Accelerate LATAM Expansion
Amidst a challenging pandemic and IT labor shortage, Softensity global outsourcing is building a significant team of experienced developers, engineers and QAs throughout Latin America. ATLANTA, November 1, 2021 — Softensity, a U.S.-based outsourcing provider of top-tier software development talent, announced today that the company has built a robust presence in Latin America, and is […]
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IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Senior Software Developer shares .NET programming tips in this multi-part series. By Gabriel Cordeiro, Senior Software Developer The following is the second part in a series. Read Part I here. Magic Strings This is something very easy to find during your career as a Developer, but it can be […]
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Supercharge Your .NET 5 APIs with OData
IT Tips & Insights: An experienced software engineer shares tips for getting more out of .NET WEB API using OData in this instructional video. By Vincent Burgos, Softensity Software Developer / Engineer Today, we’re going to learn how to make .NET WEB API (Restful) better and more powerful using OData. OData provides a more simplistic […]
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Meet the Team: Ignacio Costantini, LATAM Community Manager
To kick off our new Meet the Team series, we sat down with Softensity’s Nano Costantini to talk about software engineering, building a community and the IT industry in Latin America. By Softensity This year, Softensity expanded its presence in Latin America with an exceptional team that’s growing every day. The region was the missing […]
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Tips for .NET Dev, Part I
IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Senior Software Developer shares tips for C# and general programming in this multi-part series. By Gabriel Cordeiro, Senior Software Developer “Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.” ― Martin Fowler When I first saw this sentence by […]
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Bias in the World of Artificial Intelligence
Softensity Leadership Series: A conversation with Michelle Yi, Senior Director of Applied Artificial Intelligence at RelationalAI. By Softensity Michelle Yi is probably smarter than you. After graduating high school at age 13, and college at 16, Yi went on to work for IBM’s Watson Group, which is focused on artificial intelligence. She has also been […]
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Clean Code Cheat Sheet
IT Tips & Insights: Code is clean if it can be understood easily – by everyone on the team. If it can be read and enhanced by a developer other than its original author. With understandability comes readability, changeability, extensibility, and maintainability. By Ignacio De Luca, Softensity Software Engineer The responsibility of clean code is […]
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Where are the Women in IT? An Insider’s Take
From the challenges to the opportunities, dive into the trenches with one of Softensity’s talented QA engineers and hear what it’s like to be a woman in IT. By Monika Mueller These days, there’s a lot of talk about equality in the workforce. More companies than ever seem to be making a real effort to […]
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String.Empty VS “”
IT Tips & Insights: String interning and the compilation process in C#. By Nahuel Ramos, Softensity Software Analyst We’re excited to kick off a new content series to share tech tips, tricks, insights and shortcuts by Softensity’s talented global team of developers and QA engineers. IT Tips & Insights is a series created by developers […]
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5 Strategies to Overcome the IT Labor Shortage
By Monika Mueller We don’t need to tell you how challenging the tech talent gap has become, or how severe the labor shortage. It’s significant, with no sign of letting up. According to a recent survey, 61% of HR professionals said finding qualified developers will be the biggest recruitment challenge of 2021. Meanwhile, IT budgets […]
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Digital Labor With Cognitive Capability
Leadership Series: A conversation with Dean Nelson of Virtual Power Systems. By Softensity In her latest interview for our Leadership Series, Softensity’s Monika Mueller sat down with Virtual Power Systems CEO Dean Nelson to discuss how emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence can help alleviate degraded customer service in a post-pandemic world. Digital labor with […]
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Approaching Advanced Analytics
Leadership Series: A conversation with Sandeep Anand of Infor. By Softensity Adopting advanced analytics like data science, machine learning and data engineering can be challenging. In addition to barriers like resistant technologies embedded into ERPs, it can be difficult to connect the technology to a tangible ROI for clients. Businesses are often overwhelmed when considering […]
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Siri for Business? How Knowledge Graphs Can Help You Modernize Legacy Apps
Leadership Series: A conversation with Molham Aref of RelationalAI. By Softensity We’re excited to kick off Softensity’s new Leadership Series with a video interview featuring Molham Aref, Silicon Valley CEO of RelationalAI. In his interview with Softensity’s Monika Mueller, Aref discussed digital transformation and how legacy applications fit into the equation. The issue? Businesses have […]
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